Transport Minister of Azerbaijan Ziya Mammadov inspected the collapsed bridge over Garachay River on the 156th km of Baku-Guba-Russia highway.
The minister told journalists that reasons of accident are being investigated and the public will be informed about it.
Mammadov estimates the accident as natural disaster and said that the person wounded during the collapse will be rendered financial assistance and alternative road will be constructed.
A part of the bridge over Garachay River on the 156th km of Baku-Guba-Russia highway has crashed down today. GAZel truck fell into Garachay River as a result of bridge collapse. GAZel’s driver, resident of Guba region’s Igrig village, Ulfat Hasanov, born in 1972 was wounded and hospitalized. Traffic was stopped on the bridge.